Injuries from falls in the pediatric population: An analysis of 729 cases

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1528-1534

  Wang, Michael Y ^a   Kim, K Anthony ^a   Griffith, Pamela M ^a   Summers, Susan ^a   McComb, J Gordon ^a   Levy, Michael L ^a   Mahour, G Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Fall; Glasgow Coma Scale; Head injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INJURY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEG FRACTURE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0034816124     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.27037     Document Type: Article

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